City Hands Off Proposed Dump Ground In Gravel Pit
San Marino will keep hands off the controversy over a gravel pit east of Eaton Wash north of Duarte Road suggested as a rubbish dump by Pasadena City. Residents circulate a petition protesting dumping, citing property depreciation nuisance odors smoke noise and health risks from groundwater contamination in the San Gabriel Basin.
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Eaton Wash
San Marino
Duarte Road
Pasadena
Charles E
Chick) Martin
San Gabriel Basin
Amandus Zoellner Dies After Prolonged Illness
Amandus C. Zoellner a nationally known musician and former businessman died in a Los Angeles hospital after a long illness. Born in Brooklyn he gained fame with the Zoellner String Quartette which toured the United States and Europe. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Herman Jales a brother Joseph a sister Antonette and his wife Opal with a stepson Robert Rose. Funeral services will be held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary Los Angeles Friday at 10 a.m.
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Amandus C. Zoellner
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
N.Y
Zoellner
Europe
Zoellners
Monterey Road
Alhambra
San Matino Lions Club
Herman Jales
Brentwood
Joseph
South Pasadena
Antoinette
Opal
Robert Rose
Pierce Brothers Mortuary
West Washington Boulevard
SMHS Cooks Take Products From Oven When Hard As Rock
In the San Marino High School art department a baking joke is noted as cooks remove items from an oven while they remain hard as rock. The note warns about tasting any baked goods and uses a George Washington steel teeth reference for emphasis.
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SMHS
San Marino High School
George Washington
Graduation Speech Advice From The Arts Page
The article riffs on production over rain money and short memorable speeches for graduation, noting how patience often backfires at work. It covers a ceramics class by Charles Willard with fourteen students, describing kiln firing at 1940 degrees F for eight hours and early focus on freehand drawing before ceramics techniques.
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Charles Willard
Willard
Janice White Captures Exchange Club Essay Grand Prize
Janice White, a San Marino High School freshman, won the grand prize in the San Marino Youth Activities Essay contest sponsored by the Exchange Club. She received a $50 merchandise certificate at a school assembly on June 15 from Exchange Club president Arthur W. Meifert.
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Janice White
San Marino High School
San Marino
Exchange Club
Arthur W. Meifert
Joseph Meyer
Exchange Club Arms Committee
Carson - Ide
John V. Vaughn
Mrs. Ester H. Mack Dies at Newport Beach
Ester Hawley Mack 84 a Pasadena resident for 38 years died at Newport Beach on June 8. Funeral services were at St James Episcopal Church Newport Beach. Survived by two sons John and Charles Mack of Pasadena a daughter Mrs H B Perrin of Palo Alto and sister Miss Adela Hawley of Corona del Mar. She was active in Pasadena Mexican Settlement work South Pasadena Orphanage Americanization Latin Americans and the Red Cross in World War I.
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Ester Hawley Mack
John D. Hawley
Wilson Avenue
Newport Beach
Pasadena
Corona del Mar
St. James Episcopal Church
Mack
South Pasadena
Red Cross
John
Charles Mack
H. B. Perrin
Palo Alto
Adela Hawley
City Sets 1 Percent Sales Tax Plan
City Council moves to prepare an ordinance to collect a one percent sales tax for capital outlay. If enacted, funds estimated up to fifty thousand dollars would stay local. Tax collection would begin October 1, with San Marino, Vernon, and Long Beach as the only nearby municipalities lacking such an ordinance.
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Carson W. Ide
San Marino
Vernon
Long Beach
Steals Home, Breaks Leg Ends Player’s Night
Harry Abelson, operator of a service station at West Haven and Huntington, attempted to steal home in the San Marino Lions softball game. He broke his leg on the slide to the plate and was ruled out. he was hospitalized at St. Luke's.
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San Marino
Huntington 257 Pupils Graduate in Largest Class
In the largest graduating class of Henry E. Huntington Elementary School history, 257 pupils received diplomas Wednesday afternoon at the school. Bruce Alexander and Dan S. Hammack Jr., both members of the Board of...
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Henry E. Huntington
Bruce Alexander
Dan S. Hammack Jr
June 15 Graduation Rites Honor Local Students
Education officials presented diplomas to pupils at the June 15 graduation. DAR awards were announced by Mrs. John V. Spielman and Norvin Smith awarded Judith Ann Lower and John William Beman. Invocation by Frederick W. Cropp followed a Graduation Chorus medley and band and orchestra numbers.
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John V. Spielman
Sanino
Daughters of American Revolution
DAR
Norvin Smith
Marine Post
American Legion
Judith Ann Lower
John William Beman
Frederick W. Cropp
Communit Church
George Taval Adams
Susanne 5
Alexander Joel Goviaa
Ames Gloria Ann Asaro
Linda Lee Ashley Margaret Jeanne Aspe
Nancy Claire Backm
Carole Ann Bahnsen
Patricia Lee Ball
Jane Elizabeth Barrett
Judith Flaine Ee Harriette Carole Basting
Joseph Enricottags
Olivia Jean Bell
Susan Bell John William Bemnan
Julia Rose Bennett
Judith K. Bennion
Carol Ann Berger
Kay Berghauser
Donald Victor Black
Robert Henry Black, Jr
James August Bolton
Ben Eaton Resigns Recreation Post
Ben H. Eaton of the San Marino Recreation Commission resigns after five years. City Council accepts the resignation with regret and reappoints John Vaughn whose term had expired. Also accepts the resignation of Mrs. R. G. Kenyon from the board.
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Ben H. Eaton
San Marino
City Club Cubs Remain Undefeated in Twilight Softball Standings
In the San Marino Men's Twilight Softball League the City Club Cubs stay on top with a 9-0 forfeit over Kiwanis as week nine closes. Wreckers trail by half a game after a 13-4 win over City Employees. pitchers and batters such as Jones McKay Gardner contribute. Rotations reshuffle as PTA Fathers top Lions 12-8 and Church slips to fourth with a 6-1 loss to City Club Cards. Standings show Cubs 6-0-1 with .857, Cards .833, Lions .714, City Employees .500.
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San Marino
Wreckers
Cubs
Jones
McKay
Gardner
PTA Fathers
Lions
Bob Speedy
Roy Wallace
Stu Bowie
Ty Walker
City Club Cubs
Kiwanis
Lions Club
Rotary
PTA
Gerhardt
Tuck
Rose
Todd
Moore
Hollern
Kogus Church
Cunningham
Pet
Hestvet
City considers beautifying median strip between Bedford Road and San Marino Avenue
Preliminary estimates place the cost at about ten thousand dollars for beautifying the median strip. Pipe for water lines may amount to seven thousand dollars while ground preparation and grass seed could be three cents per square foot. Trees are capped at thirty five dollars each, with mowing by gangmower and annual watering costs estimated around five to six hundred dollars. No final authorization yet from the City Council.
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Bedford Road
San Marino Avenue
Gangmower
Lacy Park
San Marino Urges Traffic Signals To Save City Charm
An editorial urges a $100000 bond issue funded by a one cent sales tax to install at least five traffic signals on Huntington Drive. Proponents argue signals would slow speeds from 45–50 to 30–35 mph, open crossovers, improve safety, and unite the community under a unified plan.
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the Tribune
Huntington Drive
San Gabriel Boulevard
Atlantic
Garfield
Los Robles
San Marino
St. Albans
Virginia
West Drive
Cambridge
San Marino Avenue
Winston-De- Mar
San
San Marino push for publicly owned county disposal sites
A resolution prepared by the City of San Marino urges the Air Pollution Control District to provide publicly owned disposal sites for rubbish in incorporated cities of Want Dumps County. City officials fear backyard burning bans could force costly private dumps and seek condemnation of adequate sites in Los Angeles County with fair rates.
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Air Pollution Control District
San Marino
Charles R. Martin
Los Angeles
Thousand Attend San Marino Foundation Barbecue Growth Expected
Ticket chairman George Lindahl predicts a larger crowd than last year for the tenth annual fundraiser at Huntington School grounds. Foundation president Neil Thackaberry plans to double serving facilities to speed up barbecue beef and fixings service, based on advance sales 5 percent above 1954.
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San Marino Foundation
Huntington
George Lindahl
Neil Thackaberry
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Diplomas Ready For 156 Local Students In SP-SMHS
South Pasadena High School hosts service commencement for 156 San Marino graduates at Roosevelt field. Donald S. Coyle, school board president, will award diplomas. Speakers largely from San Marino include Albert Burns Adams and others with a complete graduate list presented.
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Sp-Smhs
San Marino High School
South Pasadena High School
Roosevelt Field
San Marino
Donald S. Coyle
Final Rites June 11 For Mrs Raulli
Funeral services were held at the Little Church of the Flowers Forest Lawn Memorial Park for Mrs Bertha Wiesner Raulli who died June 8 at Laguna Beach after a brief illness. She lived 50 years in California and 25 years in San Marino. She was born in Switzerland and leaves a sister Mrs Elsie Yens of Laguna Beach and a brother Ernest Achin of Los Angeles. Entombment followed at Forest Lawn.
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Susan Clark
John Chadsey
Nancy Falkenburg
Randy Sage
Amandus Zoellner
America
E. H. Mack
Newport
Rte and
Ste
Ben Eaton
San Marinans
Want Dumps County Owned
Albert Burns Adams
Sandra Alles Harold Eugene Altshuler
Judy Michael Anderson Gregory Archbald
Gretchen Walling Ballard
Barbara Ann Bateman Jane Margery Beardsley
Donna Marie Bergstrom
Marjorie Ann Biggar
Norma Louise Bird
Judith Elizabeth Bliss John Andrew Bode Carol Louise Breitkreutz
Joseph Francis Brunner, III
Mary Jane Burkman
Raulli
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